Unless you’ve been living under a lovely rock this week (and I would love to crawl under there with you), you’ve heard about the Congressional investigation into the Affordable Care Act’s birth control mandate spearheaded by Congressman Issa.

Friend of Persephone RedLightPolitics has generously allowed us to crosspost her content from Tumblr, and I couldn’t resist this post. I had been working on an idea to count the number of women vs. the number of men mentioned by name in the aggregate site I use, http://popurls.com/, and I think her piece, analyzing the GMMP (Global Monitoring Project) report on gender representation in the news is fantastic. If you’re a Tumblr(er?) she’s worth following, if not you can still swing by her blog for a serious case of enlightenment. In the meantime, here’s her expert analysis. Read More Crosspost: Who Makes theÂ News

A few years ago I realized that I could name more Duggar children than members of the Supreme Court. I decided to change that and tried to do some research on the history of the SCOTUS, but it didn’t take long before I was bored and moved on to other pursuits. But, with the SCOTUS being back in session I thought it might be time to take a closer look at the women on the Supreme Court. Read More Women of the Supreme Court